Kopp, Cathy

Ms. Cathy Kopp has served as Independent Director of Schneider Electric SE since May 3, 2006. She was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in 2005. She studied Mathematics and started her career at IBM France in 1973. In 1992, she became Director of Human Resources of IBM France before she was named Vice President of Human Resources of the Storage Systems Division of IBM Corp. in 1996. In 2000, Ms. Kopp was named Chief Executive Officer of IBM France. In 2002, she joined Accor Group and was appointed Managing Director of Human Resources. Ms. Kopp has chaired the Social Committee of the Services Sector Group of MEDEF, the French Business Confederation, and headed negotiations on diversity within MEDEF in 2006 and on the modernization of the job market in 2007. She also serves as Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Compensation and Appointments Committee of SFIL and Member of the Board of the SNCF Foundation. She previously was Member of the Supervisory Board of Dexia and Member of the Board of the Ecole Normale Superieure de la rue d’Ulm in Paris as well as Member of the Haut Conseil a l’Integration. She is Member of the Human Resources and CSR Committee of the Company.

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